Buying or Selling Cleveland Cavaliers Rumors Ahead of the NBA Draft

While the NBA Finals are still underway, plenty of buzz is being generated for teams out of the postseason as well.

With the 2013 NBA draft and free agency just weeks away, rumors are flying about which players will end up where.

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, the majority of the hype surrounding the team is focused on the draft, where they own the first overall pick. Who Cleveland will take is anyone's guess at this point, with several players making cases to go number one.

Which rumors surrounding the Cavaliers heading into the draft are pure fiction, and which are actually worth listening to?

Cavs Won't Draft Ben McLemore Since They Already Have Dion Waiters

While Waiters never started a game in college, he was used almost exclusively as a starter during his rookie season in Cleveland.

It's been the Cavs' plan to use Waiters as a starter, so drafting a fellow shooting guard like McLemore is out of the question, right?

According to Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland could very well take McLemore first overall.

This would likely mean a move to the bench for Waiters, one that Lloyd believes could actually be beneficial for the Cavs, stating:

Waiters as a reserve would also address the Cavs’ need for a backup point guard, and it provides insurance in case the oft-injured Irving suffers another one. The Cavs could find ways to play all three together at times, as the Golden State Warriors did this year with Jarrett Jack, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.

McLemore is possibly the most talented player in the draft, and taking him to create a three-guard rotation or moving Waiters to the bench is very possible.

Hearing that C Alex Len, who visited with #Pelicans on Friday, is now the likely choice for #Cavs at No. 1 spot in next week's draft.

Len is widely regarded as a top-10 pick in this year's draft. The 7'1" center just turned 20 years old and was already one of the best players in the ACC. He averaged 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in just 26.4 minutes per game.

These numbers are good, but are they worthy of the first overall pick? Probably not, but Chris Grant seems to draft on potential and not college production.

Last year's first round pick, Dion Waiters, averaged just 12.6 points and 2.5 assists per game his sophomore season before being drafted by the Cavs.

At this point, it's tough to buy or sell the Cavs drafting Len first overall. Grant has been known to "reach" on players he really likes, a strategy that's paid off well so far with the drafting of Waiters and Tristan Thompson.

If Len does indeed go first overall, Cavs fans shouldn't be surprised.